Aston Villa v Bradford City Pre-Match Thread

[Mazrim]

It is, and always crammed to the rafters with above average office flange.

[danlanza]

When in town before a match, one insists on Scruffy Murphy's.

Christ, I haven't been in there for eons.

Mind you, judging by the clientle often standing outside it looks like some kind of portal to the underworld.

I like the underworld.

I like the underworld too.

As long as you are born slippy

[Mazrim]

Urghhh. Not that horrible shit.

[Dave Clark Five]

The Lost and Found, thats what it is called now.

Looks an impressive building inside.

Giving it a name with no 's' on the end improves it considerably.

[not3bad]

When in town before a match, one insists on Scruffy Murphy's.

Christ, I haven't been in there for eons.

Mind you, judging by the clientle often standing outside it looks like some kind of portal to the underworld.

I like the underworld.

I like the underworld too.

As long as you are born slippy

Might pop in there for a lager lager lager

[Chris Smith]

Bloody hell, The Windsor - haven't been there in years.  If you want the full on pikey experience, why not head up to the Square Peg?  you'll see things in there you never thought possible.

I can vouch for that! After spending a few hours in there years back nothing will shock me in a pub ever again!

To give the uninitiated a flavour, I once saw a young woman forcibly ejected from The Square Peg for being paralytic and abusive to staff and customers. Nothing unusual in that except it was at 9:30 on a Saturday morning.

The Square Peg is the only pub I have been in and approached by beggars on more than one occasion.

It's a fucking shit hole.

It's happened a couple of times in the Joint Stock. On a busy Friday night he used to sneak in the back door and keep crouched down until the bar staff sussed him. Skinny bloke with long hair and beard, might have been an IRA hunger striker.

[PeterWithesShin]

Let's fecking AV it!!

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm still hyper in case you hadn't noticed.

[not3bad]

Finish work in 85 minutes to catch the train to Brum.  No wait, 84 now!!!

[Eckybloke]

I'm still hyper in case you hadn't noticed.

I'm totally bricking it to be honest. 

[PeterWithesShin]

I cannot remember the last time I was this up for a game. Been donkeys years.

[Mazrim]

I cannot remember the last time I was this up for a game. Been donkeys years.

Well you never know. You might get one.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm getting very nervous now, I'll be watching with a fellow Villain at home with lots of beers.

[Concrete John]

The Lost and Found, thats what it is called now.

Looks an impressive building inside.

Giving it a name with no 's' on the end improves it considerably.

Me and three mates went there for a beer before Christmas.   About 7:00ish on a Thursday.  Got turned away as it was 'reservations only'.  And I've heard of a few similar stories from other people.

Not sure why, but they seem arsey about who they let in, so fuck 'em - plenty of other places to drink in town!

[Monty]

I'm not nervous. I'm actually resigned to slightly whimpering failure, so glorious failure would be a bonus at this stage for me.